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C. A. WORRALL.

RAZOR STROP.

N0. 572,145. Patented Dec.l 1, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE A. WORRALL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR CF ONE-HALFTO PARKE C. DOUGHERTY, F SAME PLACE.

RAZO R-STRO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,145, dated December1, 1896.

Application led March 14, 1896l Serial No. 583,176. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: the strips of leather or canvas B C, extendBeitknownthatl, CLARENCE A VORRALL, from the open end of the body A to aliange a citizen of the United States, and a resident or shoulderEnearthe closed end. The body of the city and county of Philadelphia, State Ais extended beyond the shoulder E', forrn- 55 of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new ing a shank E.

an d useful Improvements in Razor-Strops, of F is a case or cover oneend of which is open which the following is a specification. and whichis adapted to be slid over and in- My invention relates to improvements1n close the strop. It is shown inclosing the raZor-strops; and itconsists in combining strop in Fig. l. 6o

1o with a razor-strop furnished with stone or lVhen the strop is to beused for sharpening composition surfaces for honing the razor and therazor, the open end of case F is forced over with leather or canvassurfaces, or one leather the shank E until -it abuts against theshouland one canvas surface, for stropping the rader of iiange E, asshown in Fig. 3, and forms zor, receptacles for containingarazor,abrush,a handle for the strop. 65

and soap, as hereinafter described. The bod yA is hollow, as shown, andthe end My invention consists, further, in a novel opposite the shoulderis open, so that a razor arrangement of case for inclosing the strop Gand a brush II may be placed in it. When when not in use and forforminga handle for the case or cover F is in place, these articles thesame when in use. are completely inclosed, but may be readily 7o zo Theinvention is particularly adapted for removed when the body is withdrawnfrom the use of travelers or others to whoni econthe case. only in spaceis of importance. I is a receptacle formed in the closed end of In theaccompanying drawings, forming case F, which is adapted to hold soap.This part of this specification, and in which simireceptacle isseparated from the open portion 75 lar letters of reference indicatesimilar parts of the case by a transverse partition and is throughoutthe several views, Figure 1 is a furnished with a lid J, which ispreferably plan of my improved razor-strop, partly inA hinged, as shown.section,when closed, showing the razor, brush, In Fig. et the strop isshown furnished with and strop carried thereby; Fig. 2, a section ahandle k, which may be folded back, as 8o 3o of Fig. l on line l 2; Fig.3, a central longishown, when the strop is not in use. L is a tudinalsection of the strop when ready for stop on the case F, which is engagedby hanuse; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the strop dle K in order tolock this case in place. closed and furnished with a folding handle. Thegreat advantage of my arrangement is The body A of the strop is made ofmetal, compactness, all the articles necessary for 85 stift' paper, orany other suitable material, shaving being held by the strop, which,beopen at one end and closed at the other, and ing furnished withadjustable handles, as deit is preferably, although not necessarily,scribed, may be made comparatively short oval in form, as shown. andlight and at the same time be quite as B C are pieces of leather orcanvas, or one efficient as strops as ordinarily made. 9o

4o piece leather and one piece canvas, which are Having thus describedmy invention, I

cemented, glued, or otherwise secured one claimupon one side the otheruponV the other side 1. The combination with a razor-case havof the bodyA. ing an open compartment at one end adapted D D are hones, made ofstone' or composito receive a strop, and a closed compartment 95 tion,secured upon the body A. These hones at the other end provided with alid and haveacross-section in the form oa truncated adapted to receive acake of soap, said comwedge the base of which rests against or inpartments being separated by a transverse a depression in the body A andare held in partition, of a razor-strop consisting of a holplace bycement; by the ends of the pieces of low body adapted to receive arazorand brush, roo

5o leather or canvas, which bear against their said body havingstropping and honing sursides, or otherwise. These hones, as well asfaces, a flange E and a shank E extending beyond the flange, said casebeing adapted to 1o extending longitudinally of said body, and

strapping-pieces secured to the hollow body between the honing-pieces,the sides of the stropping-pieces abutting against the inclined edges ofthe honing-pieces, substantially as described.

CLARENCE A. lVORRALL.

lVitnesses:

CHRISTOPHER FALLON, CHARLES A. BUTTER.

